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He had a long and productive career!
Born in 1907, his first movie credit is in 1915 for a Short called "The Phoney Cannibal" and working all the way up to 1975 where he was an Assistant Director on "The Rookies" TV show.

Imagine how those hard-bitten gutternipes took to this schmaltzy wholesome movie obviously presented by Mr. Lust for their edification and improvement.

[Internet Movie Database plot summary: "Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown." - tterrace]

Newsboys to See “Dinty”

Washington Post newsboys will be the guests of Sydney B. Lust at the Leader Theater on Ninth street, Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, to see the boy star, Wesley Barry, better known as “Dinty” in “The County Fair.”

Mr. Lust is entertaining all the newsboys of the city this week and The Washington Post boys will get passes good for Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 7:30 or for Saturday morning from 10 o'clock to 1:30. The passes have been turned over to the agents who supply the boys and may be obtained by applying to the agents.

In what might be a Shorpy first, the feature presentation is available online.

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